Proceedings of the 7th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference An 8 Bit Programmable 18 GHz Frequency Divider for mm-Wave Frequency Synthesis Gregor Hasenäcker , Nils Pohl , Herbert Knapp and Thomas Musch for Electronic Circuits for Integrated Systems Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, Email: gregor.hasenaecker-est.rub.de Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, Germany Institute Institute

Proceedings of the 7th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Hybrid and Monolithic GaN Power Transistors for High Power S-Band Radar Applications Simon M. Wood, Ulf Andre, Bradley J. Millon, and Jim Milligan RF and Power Devices Cree, Inc. Research Triangle Park, NC, USA simon_wood-cree.com Abstract--this paper presents the design, development and characterization of three products f

Proceedings of the 7th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Low Cost Approach to High Performance Amplifiers that cover 4 to 20GHz Henrik Morkner, Bill Chen, Wayne Kennan, John Ian Dalton, Thomas Galluccio M/A-COM Technology Solutions Lowell, Massachusetts, USA Abstract-- High performance microwave amplifiers that operate above 4 GHz are typically much more expensive than their RF co

Proceedings of the 7th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Quasi-Octave Bandwidth Phase Matched K/Ka Antenna Feed Subsystem for dual RHCP/LHCP Polarization Angel Mediavilla, Juan L. Cano, Karen Cepero Dep. Ingeniería de Comunicaciones Universidad de Cantabria 39005, Santander, Spain juanluis.cano-unican.es Abstract-- The architecture concept and fabrication of a quasioctave bandwidt

Proceedings of the 7th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference A Calibration System for the Green Bank Telescope 4mm Receiver On-Telescope, RFI-Free Calibration for 68-92 GHz Observations Galen Watts National Radio Astronomy Observatory P. O. Box 2 Green Bank, West Virginia, 24944, USA gwatts-nrao.edu Abstract--Calibration for spectral line observations covering 6892 GHz on the Green Ba

Proceedings of the 7th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Full-printed inductors on flexible plastic foils for electromagnetic energy harvesting Fabrication, characterization, modeling Evangéline Bènevent, Emmanuel Bergeret, Matthieu Egels, Philippe Pannier IM2NP, UMR CNRS 7334, Aix-Marseille University F-13451 Marseille Cedex 20, France evangeline.benevent-im2np.fr Abstract--The f

Proceedings of the 7th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Evaluation of Quadrature PWM Modulator Performance for Digital Wideband Transmitters Henri A. Ruotsalainen and Holger Arthaber Vienna University of Technology Institute of Electrodynamics, Microwave and Circuit Engineering Gusshausstrasse 25/354, 1040 Vienna, Austria Email: henri.ruotsalainen-tuwien.ac.at Abstract--In this p

Proceedings of the 7th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Highly Integrated Switching Calibration Front-End MMIC with Active Loads for W-Band Radiometers Ernst Weissbrodt 1, Arnulf Leuther 1, Michael Schlechtweg 1, Ingmar Kallfass 1,2, Oliver Ambacher 1 1 Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics (IAF) Tullastrasse 72, D-79108 Freiburg, Germany E-Mail: Ernst.Weissbrodt-

Proceedings of the 7th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Pull-in and Release Transients of MEMS Capacitive Switches under High RF Power Cristiano Palego, David Molinero, Yaqing Ning, Xi Luo, and James C. M. Hwang Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA crp207-lehigh.edu Charles L. Goldsmith MEMtronics Corporation Plano, TX 75075, USA Abstract--For the first time, both pull-in

Proceedings of the 7th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Evaluation of Second-Order Bandpass Sampling Receivers for Software Defined Radio Pedro Miguel Cruz and Nuno Borges Carvalho Departamento Electrónica, Telecomunicações e Informática Instituto de Telecomunicações ­ Universidade de Aveiro Aveiro, Portugal pcruz-av.it.pt nbcarvalho-ua.pt Mikko E. Valkama Department of Communic